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documentation of Auschwitz

On April 10, 1944, two men escaped from Auschwitz: Rudolph Vrba and
Alfred Wetzler. They made contact with Slovak resistance forces and produced a substantive report on the extermination camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau. In great detail, they documented the killing process. Their report, replete with maps and other specific details, was forwarded to Western intelligence officials along with an urgent...